Table 2a. Summary of the level of cervical cancer literacy among women in Mayuge-Eastern Uganda.
| Cervical cancer literacy domains | Frequency (N = 400) |
Percentage (%) |
Mean(SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cervical Cancer Awareness | Limited | 362 | 90.5 | 36.35(21.22) |
| Basic | 21 | 5.3 | ||
| Adequate | 17 | 4.3 | ||
| Print literacy | Limited | 310 | 77.5 | 51.85(24.13) |
| Basic | 70 | 17.5 | ||
| Adequate | 20 | 5.0 | ||
| Oral literacy | Limited | 148 | 37.0 | 74.40(23.67) |
| Basic | 125 | 31.3 | ||
| Adequate | 127 | 31.8 | ||
| Numeral literacy | Limited | 394 | 98.5 | 27.10(22.39) |
| Basic | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Adequate | 6 | 1.5 | ||
| Perceived e-HL | Limited | 361 | 90.3 | 23.72(26.96) |
| Basic | 13 | 3.3 | ||
| Adequate | 26 | 6.5 | ||
| Overall | Limited | 387 | 96.8 | 42.68(12.23) |
| Basic and adequate | 13 | 3.3 | ||
Source: The limited level of functional cervical cancer literacy among women in Mayuge rural cancer registry population, Eastern Uganda: a multidimensional mixed method study.
**HL level cut-offs/classification: McCormack et al [9] cut-offs: Adequate = ≥82, Basic = 70–81 and limited = <70 for awareness, oral, print, perceived e-health and Weiss et al [25] cut-offs in the NVS: Adequate = 4–6 correct responses, Basic/low = 2–3 correct responses and Limited = 0–1 correct response. *** The agree and strongly agree and usefull/important and very usefull/important were scored as 1 and the rest as 0 to generate score for e-health.